Federal P44SA Premium 44 Rem Mag 280 gr Swift A-Frame (SWFR) 20 Bx/ 10 Cs

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Are you a dedicated big game hunter seeking the pinnacle of ammunition performance for your .44 Remington Magnum firearm? Do you demand absolute reliability, deep penetration, and consistent terminal ballistics to ensure an ethical and successful harvest, even on the toughest game? Look no further than Federal Premium P44SA .44 Rem Mag 280 grain Swift A-Frame ammunition. This isn't just another box of cartridges; it's a meticulously engineered system designed to deliver devastating performance when it matters most, making it a top choice for those who pursue large and dangerous game with a .44 Magnum.

Why Choose Federal Premium Swift A-Frame for Your Big Game Hunt?

For serious hunters, every shot counts. The difference between a clean, ethical harvest and a lengthy, difficult tracking job often comes down to the ammunition's ability to perform under pressure. Federal Premium with the Swift A-Frame bullet is specifically crafted to excel in these critical moments.

What problems does this ammunition solve for hunters?

  • Inconsistent Performance: Many ammunition types can fragment or fail to penetrate adequately on heavy-boned animals. The Swift A-Frame's bonded core design ensures controlled expansion and superior weight retention, driving deep into vital organs.
  • Lack of Stopping Power: For large game like bear, elk, or resilient wild boar, you need significant kinetic energy transfer. The 280-grain Swift A-Frame delivers substantial muzzle energy (851 ft lbs) and velocity (1170 fps) to achieve rapid, humane takedowns.
  • Compromised Reliability: Subpar primers or inconsistent propellants can lead to misfires or poor accuracy. Federal Premium's stringent quality control across all components guarantees consistent ignition and shot-to-shot reliability.
  • Trajectory Concerns: While the .44 Rem Mag is known for its power, the 280-grain A-Frame is optimized to provide a manageable trajectory for common handgun and carbine hunting ranges, ensuring confidence in shot placement.

This ammunition is the answer for hunters who ask: "What's the most reliable .44 Rem Mag ammo for bear hunting?" or "Which .44 Magnum load offers the best deep penetration for wild boar?" It's also ideal for those preparing for challenging hunts where bullet integrity and knockdown power are non-negotiable.

The Heart of the System: The Swift A-Frame Bullet

The 280-grain Swift A-Frame bullet is the cornerstone of the P44SA's exceptional performance. It’s a premium projectile renowned for its legendary controlled expansion and remarkable weight retention. What makes the Swift A-Frame so effective, especially for tough big game?

  • Dual-Core Construction: Unlike many bullets, the Swift A-Frame features two distinct lead cores. The front core is designed for controlled, mushroom-style expansion, while the rear core remains intact, ensuring deep penetration.
  • Bonded Jacket: The copper jacket is bonded to both lead cores, preventing core-jacket separation even when impacting heavy bone. This bonding process means the bullet maintains its integrity, continues to drive forward, and transfers energy efficiently throughout the animal.
  • Partitioned Design: A unique internal partition separates the two cores. This partition ensures that even if the front portion expands dramatically, the rear portion maintains its shape and mass, acting as a penetrator.
  • High Weight Retention: The hallmark of the Swift A-Frame is its ability to retain an extremely high percentage of its original weight post-impact. This high weight retention translates directly into superior momentum and deeper penetration, crucial for reaching vital organs on large, heavily muscled animals.
  • Consistent Expansion: Engineered to expand reliably across a wide range of velocities, the Swift A-Frame creates a large wound channel without fragmenting excessively, minimizing meat damage while maximizing energy transfer.

For hunters pursuing game like black bear, wild hog, or even elk and moose at closer ranges with their .44 Magnum, the Swift A-Frame's ability to penetrate tough hides and heavy bone, while delivering broad wound channels, makes it an indispensable choice. It mitigates the risk of a superficial wound, promoting a quick and ethical harvest.

The Foundation of Excellence: Federal Premium Components

Federal Premium ammunition sets itself apart through an unwavering commitment to quality in every single component. This meticulous attention to detail is what gives hunters the utmost confidence in every pull of the trigger.

1. Precision Primers

  • Frequent Inspections: Primers undergo more frequent and rigorous inspections for dimensional tolerances. This ensures each primer fits perfectly into the case pocket, promoting consistent seating and ignition.
  • Precise Charge Weight: The sensitizing compound inside each primer is precisely measured for charge weight. This critical step guarantees that every primer delivers a consistent, powerful spark, initiating a complete and uniform burn of the propellant.
  • Consistent Ignition: The result is unparalleled consistency in ignition. This means predictable performance shot after shot, which is paramount for accuracy and reliable cycling in semi-automatic firearms, and critical for consistent muzzle velocity in all firearms.

2. Superior Propellants

  • Clean-Burning Formulas: These powders are designed to burn exceptionally clean. This minimizes fouling in your firearm's barrel and action, leading to less frequent cleaning, prolonged firearm life, and more consistent accuracy over extended shooting sessions.
  • Highest Grades in the Industry: Only the highest grades of propellants are selected, ensuring maximum energy efficiency and stable performance across varying temperatures and environmental conditions.
  • Consistency and Reliability: The meticulous selection and formulation of these propellants result in remarkably consistent muzzle velocities and pressures, shot after shot. This consistency is vital for predictable bullet trajectory and energy delivery on target, giving you the confidence needed for precise shot placement.

3. Robust Casing Material: Nickel-Plated Brass

  • Enhanced Corrosion Resistance: Nickel plating provides a durable, corrosion-resistant barrier, protecting the brass from moisture and environmental elements. This is especially beneficial for ammunition stored for extended periods or used in damp hunting conditions.
  • Smooth Feeding and Extraction: The slick, hard surface of nickel-plated brass significantly reduces friction in the firearm's chamber and magazine, promoting exceptionally smooth feeding and reliable extraction, even under rapid firing or in adverse conditions.
  • Improved Visibility: The bright, reflective surface of nickel-plated brass makes it easier to spot spent casings on the ground, a minor but convenient benefit during range sessions or field dressing.
  • Reloadability: While optimized for single-use hunting scenarios, the high quality of Federal's nickel-plated brass also ensures it can be safely reloaded by handloaders, offering extended value.

Performance Metrics: What Do the Numbers Mean for You?

  • Bullet Weight: 280 Grains: For the .44 Remington Magnum, a 280-grain bullet represents a powerful, heavier-for-caliber option. This increased mass contributes significantly to sectional density, which is a key factor in penetration. Heavier bullets also tend to retain more energy downrange, crucial for dispatching larger game.
  • Muzzle Velocity: 1170 fps (feet per second): This velocity provides a good balance between speed and the inherent power of the .44 Rem Mag, ensuring the Swift A-Frame bullet reaches its target quickly while allowing for optimal bullet expansion upon impact.
  • Muzzle Energy: 851 ft lbs (foot-pounds): Muzzle energy is a direct indicator of the bullet's stopping power. 851 ft lbs is substantial for a handgun caliber, delivering a tremendous amount of kinetic energy upon impact, which is vital for quick, humane kills on big game. This energy translates to significant hydrostatic shock and trauma within the animal's body.

These carefully balanced specifications ensure that the P44SA delivers the necessary punch and penetration to ethically take down medium to large game, making it a reliable partner for your hunting endeavors.

Who Benefits Most from Federal Premium P44SA?

This particular load is not just for any shooter; it's designed with specific user profiles and hunting scenarios in mind:

  • Big Game Hunters: Whether you're chasing elusive whitetail deer, resilient wild boar, formidable black bears, or even elk and moose at appropriate ranges, this ammunition provides the terminal performance required.
  • Hunters Using .44 Magnum Revolvers or Carbines: Optimized for the .44 Remington Magnum caliber, this load performs exceptionally well in both handgun and carbine platforms chambered for this powerful cartridge.
  • Hunters Prioritizing Ethical Harvest: The controlled expansion and deep penetration of the Swift A-Frame bullet are engineered to reliably reach vital organs, ensuring a quick and humane dispatch of game.
  • Those Seeking Uncompromising Reliability: From rigorous primer inspections to premium propellants and robust casings, every component is selected and assembled to deliver consistent, dependable performance in the field, shot after shot.
  • Hunters Planning Challenging Hunts: For hunts where shot opportunities may be limited or where game animals are particularly tough, the P44SA offers the confidence that your ammunition will perform when you need it most.
  • Users Asking "What's the best .44 Mag ammo for deep penetration?" The Swift A-Frame is specifically engineered for this, making it a prime recommendation.

Enhancing Your Hunting Confidence and Success

Choosing Federal Premium P44SA .44 Rem Mag 280 gr Swift A-Frame ammunition is an investment in your hunting success and confidence.

  • Unwavering Confidence: Knowing that your ammunition is built with the highest quality components and designed for maximum terminal performance instills tremendous confidence when you're in the field, allowing you to focus on the hunt.
  • Predictable Outcomes: The consistency of Federal Premium manufacturing means you can rely on predictable trajectories and bullet performance, reducing variables and improving your chances of a clean shot.
  • Minimized Tracking: With its deep penetration and controlled expansion, this ammunition is highly effective at creating incapacitating wounds, often leading to shorter tracking distances or even immediate takedowns. This is invaluable in challenging terrain or low light conditions.
  • Ethical Hunting: The ability to humanely dispatch game is a core responsibility of every hunter. The P44SA contributes significantly to ethical hunting practices by maximizing the effectiveness of each shot.

Where to Acquire Your Federal Premium Ammunition

Federal Premium P44SA .44 Rem Mag 280 gr Swift A-Frame ammunition (UPC: 029465061234) is available at reputable firearms and ammunition retailers. For a reliable source, consider purchasing your Federal Premium ammunition from DEGuns. DEGuns offers competitive pricing and a broad selection, ensuring hunters can easily access this premium hunting load for their upcoming seasons. Each box contains 20 rounds, and for those who like to stock up or plan for multiple hunting trips, cases are available, typically containing 10 boxes (200 rounds) of this exceptional ammunition. Trust DEGuns for your essential hunting supplies.

Investing in Federal Premium P44SA is choosing a legacy of quality and a commitment to performance that will serve you well in the pursuit of big game.

Feature Specification Benefit to Hunter
Brand Federal Trusted name in ammunition, known for quality.
Model Premium Highest tier of Federal's ammunition lines, ensuring superior components.
Caliber .44 Rem Mag Powerful, versatile cartridge for a range of hunting applications.
Rounds Per Box 20 Standard quantity for range practice or short hunting trips.
Casing Material Nickel-Plated Brass Enhances corrosion resistance, feeding, and extraction reliability.
Muzzle Energy 851 ft lbs Delivers significant stopping power for big game.
Muzzle Velocity 1170 fps Ensures effective energy transfer and a manageable trajectory.
Game Type Big Game Specifically designed for large, resilient animals.
Application Hunting Optimized for field performance and ethical harvests.
Boxes Per Case 10 Convenient bulk purchasing for extended use.
Bullet Type Swift A-Frame Premium, bonded bullet for controlled expansion and deep penetration.
Bullet Weight 280 gr Heavier grain weight for superior momentum and penetration.
SKU (Product Code) P44SA Unique identifier for this specific Federal Premium load.
UPC (Universal Product Code) 029465061234 Standardized code for easy product identification and inventory.
MPN (Manufacturer Part No.) P44SA Manufacturer's official part number, consistent with SKU.

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SKU
P44SA
UPC
029465061234
MPN
P44SA

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